Figurative Language

Today I was learning about Figurative Language. Figurative Language is a type of descriptive language where the meaning of the phrase is not to be taken literally or word for word. The phrase has a deeper abstract meaning. Here are some Figurative Language. Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Alliteration, simile,Oxymoron and more.....
This task was really interesting and fun. I am so glad to be able to learn these new words and what it means. Hope you enjoyed my Figurative Language task and find very interesting facts about it. Have a great day!

Matariki

Today we are learning about, what Matariki is all about. Matariki is about the celebration of the Maori new year. Matariki is very important because it helps us remember both 7 or 9 stars and what there are all about. Here are some questions I am going to be answering from my teacher, Mrs Tele'a.

Questions:

* What do we see in the sky? We see the 7 or 9 stars of matariki in the sky.

*  Highlights from Matariki?  For matariki I was doing sports in the school hall.me and my group for matariki, was playing a maori game to celebrate the Maori new year. My teachers for matariki day, was Mr wright, Tison and Mrs va'afusuanga. They are the sports teachers for Pt England School.

* Should New Zealand celebrate Matariki? Yes. Why? because it really means everything to us people and that they also support the Maori new year.

Enjoy the year of Matariki.

Grateful- Taha Hinengaro

Being someone grateful is Important. It means you appreciate what another person gives you. Grateful is a word most of us should use when a person gives you something special. Like a...
* Gift
* Birthday present
* Christmas present
and more....
It's a helpful way to think!
There are 5 things that I am grateful for today:
1.  I am Grateful having my teacher, teaching me new things and grateful words.
2.  I am Grateful for all the things that my mum and dad had done for me and my siblings to come to school everyday.
3.  I am Grateful to have 7 siblings who always support me during a sport game, playing game and much more.
4.  I am Grateful to have lovely parents who also teaches me and my siblings to try new things in the house like
* Cooking new things
* making a medium money box using hard materials
and more...
5.  I am also Grateful to have positive and kind people around me.
have an attitude of gratitude.

Thank you message to the Rotary Club

Today Pt England received a magazine from the Rotary club and I want to say a Huge Thank you message to them, especially Walter, the president for the Rotary club of Auckland south.

Thank you letter,

Huge Thanks to Walter, the president of Rotary club of Auckland south, For giving Pt England School magazine's and for giving it to this school for free. Also a huge thanks to the people of Rotary club. I am very happy and so grateful to have these magazine's, Thank you very very much. Hope you guys are having a great time doing this hard work for people, I really appreciate all the hard work you have all done. Well done!

Taha Whanau

3 things I did with my family during the weekends:

1. I went shopping with my family to buy more stuff we need the most

2. Me and my other 3 sister's helped our mum clean the house and made everything clean and tidy.

3. Me and my older sister was cooking dinner for our family, while our parents were taking a rest because they always do hard work for us and they always get tired.

Whether it's hard work or a lot of fun, spending time with my family is Important!

To be continued...................

Joseph Parker: Friday Assembly

Images of Joseph Parker at Pt England School's Assembly on Friday.

Choose It Narrative Writing Test

Begin Writing Here: 

One day it was Christmas, but also my best friend's Birthday. Her name is Amelia.

That day all my friend’s were at my house, except for the Birthday Girl ( Amelia ).
We were at my house because we wanted to plan something for Amelia’s birthday.
We had a problem. The problem was that, of course it was Amelia’s birthday, but
it was  also Christmas day at the same time. We had to make a solution. At first
we were planning on what to do for Amelia’s birthday. Second we had a problem and
now we need to make a solution. Hmmmmmmm?  Says one of the members of BFF’s!! 

What if we make a christmas present for Amelia’s Birthday. Yes, Yes! Says another member of our
Bff groups.  Great idea!  Says the leader of the group.

3 of  the members were making their own christmas present for Amelia’s birthday, each of us members
were done with the christmas present for our best friend. We were ready to give our present to our best
friend, But then we forgot one more thing, what? What did we forget about? Say one of the members.

We forgot to wear a nice costume for Christmas Day and Amelia’s Birthday. Says the leader.

Ohhhhhhhh! Says the same member, again. Well then Let's get ready!!! Says the quietest member in our
group. We were finally ready to give our own Christmas present to Amelia on her birthday. We all walked
down to her house with Joy and surprised her with our christmas present. She was Excited, Happy and
had goosebumps all over her hands and legs. We knew she was going to open the presents up straight
away. Amelia jumped up and down as hard as she could with joy and was really grateful for us giving
christmas presents on her 12th year old Birthday. Me and my friends all asked her if she was allowed to
come with us to have 3 scoops of crispy jumbo ice cream, for each one of us. When she heard that we all
said 3 scoops of crispy jumbo ice cream for ourselves she knew it was going to be nice. So then she rushed
to her parents and asked them if she could go out with her friends because it was her birthday. Of course
her parents wouldn't say ‘NO!!!’ because it was her birthday and also they knew we were her best friends
since we were all little girls. So then her parents said, Yes! Of course you can go out with your friends!
Says Amelia’s dad. Make sure you guys are safe and don’t get runned over by a car!! Says the Mum!
OK! Says Amelia rushing out the door, We will stay safe! Bye love you! Says Amelia to her parents while
shutting the door with excitement. Me and my friends (including the birthday girl) went to buy our own
3 scoops of crispy jumbo of ice cream and went back home with fun and exhausting feelings. That was
the best day of my life! Says all the members of that  together on the next day.

The End!

Samoan Independence

Talofa Lava this is my Samoan Independence work that I did for my reading task.
I really enjoyed learning about Samoans Journey to Independence. I never knew that New Zealand
took over Samoan back then. I felt weird about this because I am Samoan and I live in New Zealand. I learnt a lot of things about my culture. It was really fun but was a hard work for me at the same time. Hope you Enjoy looking through this task and also found some Interesting facts about it. Enjoy!!!

Graph Activity

This is my Graph Activity that I had to finish off for maths. 

Huge Thanks to Mr Burt, (Pt England's School Principal).

Pt england school went into the hall for our school assembly, for the first time during Coronavirus.
Mrs Burt worked really really hard and that's why he got a special gift from the Queen of England.
Not only he worked hard from the Queen’s special gift to him, He was also grateful for us and really
amazing. We were really really proud of Mrs Burt. 

Message to Mr Burt:

Dear Mrs Burt thank you for looking after Pt England School and keeping us happy and safe.
We are really really proud of what you have done for Pt England School and other schools in New
Zealand. I hope your life is not hard on you, but is healthy and easy unless you're proud of your own life.
I wish you a very huge thanks and hope you are feeling well and have a happy day and be safe.
We are really really proud of you. 

From: Kolopa

The Atmosphere

Malo E lelei and welcome back to my Blog. Today me and my class was working about the Atmosphere.Here is a image that I drawled using Google drawings for our work. I learned that there are layers of gases surrounding the earth. There are 5 layers of gases. Each layers goes in order from 1 to 5. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere and Exosphere. These are layers of Atmosphere. We can live in Troposphere because it is the Air we breath in, and is the closest to the Earth we live in.  We cannot live in Exosphere because there are no air for us to breath in, and it is very cold. It is also in the very edge of our Atmosphere. Hope you enjoyed this task and found interesting facts about our Atmosphere. Have a wonderful day!!!

What did you already know about our Atmosphere?

Taha Tinana Challenge

Talofa Lava and welcome back to my blog. Today's task we were doing another Taha Tinana Challenge. We were given this task from Hannah who is another student in Pt England School. We had to bend our knee and push it up, then we had to attach it to our other leg that is still standing, after that we had to put our hands together and close our eyes and stay on that position for 1 minuet. We did stuggle a lot but it was totally fine because we can still change legs if we feel like its comfortable and is easier to do. Hope you guys enjoyed this task and has done  this Taha Tinana Challenge.
What is your Taha Tinana Challenge?